Archive for ‘Taormina’

Il Nastro d’argento, The Silver Ribbon Europa’s oldest film industry award, will be presented during the Taormina Film Festival on the 25th June 2011. The Festival will be running from the 11th of June until the 18th June 2011. We do already have the name of the recipient of Il Nastro d’agento speciale, The Special Silver Ribbon it will be going to Pupi Avati for his film Sconfinata giovinezza, Endless Youth (possible English title) it was a good film with a daring subject; Lino’s (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) decent into childhood, after being diagnosed with Alzheimer was played with great depth and sensitivity by Bentivoglio a solid performance, even though he must have felt frustrated playing to Francesca Neri’s frozen face, neurotoxin Botox and hyaluronic acid fillers like Restylane and Juvederm should be used exclusively by models and wifes of rich oil magnets not actors and actresses, she was dreadful, of course it is not entirely her fault, Italian actresses are all doing it, the fault lies with casting, to be fair, if an actress cannot display simple emotions such as happy, sad, worried and angry, they should not be booked, simple really. Pupi Avati, is an awesome director with a diverse catalog of films behind him and he has more awards than most of his contemporaries, to follow is a list of films he has directed :

Courtesy of Wikipedia

Balsamus l’uomo di Satana (Blood Relations, 1968)

Thomas e gli indemoniati (Thomas and the Bewitched, 1969)

La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone (The Mazurka of the Baron, the Saint and the Early Fig Tree, 1974)

Bordella (House of Pleasure for Women, 1976)

La casa dalle finestre che ridono, The House with the Laughing Windows, (1976)

Tutti defunti… tranne i morti (1977)

Le strelle nel fosso (1979)

Aiutami a sognare (Help Me Dream, 1981)

Zeder (1983)

Una gita scolastica (A School Outing, 1983)

Noi tre (We Three, 1984)

Impiegati (1984)

Festa di laurea (Graduation Party, 1985)

Regalo di Natale (Christmas Present, 1986)

Ultimo minuto (The Last Minute, 1987)

Sposi (Bride and Groom, 1987, first segment)

Storia di ragazzi e di ragazze (The Story of Boys and Girls, 1989)

Bix (1991)

Fratelli e sorelle (Brothers and Sisters, 1991)

Magnificat (1993)

L’amico d’infanzia (The Childhood Friend, 1994)

Dichiarazioni d’amore (Declarations of Love, 1994)

Festival (1996)

L’arcano incantatore (The Mysterious Enchanter, 1996)

Il testimone dello sposo (The Best Man, 1998)

La via degli angeli (A Midsummer Night’s Dance, 1999)

I cavalieri che fecero l’impresa (The Knights of the Quest, 2001)

Il cuore altrove (The Heart Is Elsewhere, also known as The Heart Is Everywhere, 2003)